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Orrex

(63,203 posts)
5. He always sounds like he has a sponge in his mouth
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 07:05 AM
Apr 2015

I added about three hours to the damn film simply because I had to keep rewinding to hear what Mushy McMumblemouth was saying.

mainer

(12,022 posts)
10. I'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn't understand him.
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 12:37 PM
Apr 2015

I thought it was just my hearing, until my husband and son said they couldn't understand him either. The sound in the film was really bad - and we watched it in a theater. Would've preferred to watch it at home with subtitles.

Orrex

(63,203 posts)
6. Nolan actually uses a surprising (to me) amount of real-world effects
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 07:08 AM
Apr 2015

But I take your point.


Also, it is really likely that they'd explain a wormhole to ol' Coop only when they're 30 seconds from falling into the thing? He's an astronaut and an engineer, with a clearly established pre-whitewash education! How could he possibly not know what a wormhole is?

Orrex

(63,203 posts)
8. I was convinced that they'd somehow simulated relativistic time dilation
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 07:09 AM
Apr 2015

When I learned that only 170 minutes had passed, I couldn't believe it.

Initech

(100,065 posts)
9. They seriously could have cut a 1/2 hour and it would be so much better!
Thu Apr 2, 2015, 10:09 AM
Apr 2015

And I normally like Christopher Nolan's movies but this one...

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